EFF rejects the National Health Insurance Bill presented to the Portfolio Committee for Health
18 May 2022
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) true to its cause for prioritising equitable healthcare, unreservedly rejects the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill that has been presented to the Portfolio Committee on Health, under the guise of achieving universal healthcare coverage.
The Bill in its current form has no appreciation of the separation of quality between the public and private healthcare sectors, and primarily seeks to enrich the privately owned healthcare sector at the expense of our people.
The NHI Bill, contrary to popular belief and how the country is being misled by the ANC government, is a disingenuous attempt at dealing with our collapsed healthcare system. The Bill in its current form will not resolve the crisis of infrastructure in public facilities in rural and township areas.
Over and above this, it will merely open the gates of private hospitals at a high cost, tangibly meaning that the government of the day intends to outsource its duty to provide healthcare, to the private sector.